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I can use vim, but I still find it easier to just open a file in nano and write. I feel like I should be able to use a tool without thinking and without having
by LoveMortuus 4y ago
I can use vim, but I still find it easier to just open a file in nano and write.
I feel like I should be able to use a tool without thinking and without having to learn how the tool works, at least in regards to text editing.
And I feel that nano or pretty much any other editor except vim can be used the same way, just like a notepad on Windows or gedit or geany, you open a file and you start editing or you move to the desired location using the arrow keys or a mouse and start editing.
The very joke of "How to exit vim" feels like a good example of bad user experience and poorly developed tools.
Crude example:
Imagine if you couldn't drop a hammer and it was just stuck to your hand just because you didn't know that you had to type :q!.
But since I know how to use it at least the basics it is somewhat comforting knowing that pretty much any machine I'll touch will probably have vim pre-installed, so I don't have to spend time searching what is the name of the program to edit files. I have seen that some have an alias 'edit' to whichever is the default one, but thus far 'edit' hasn't worked on any of the machines I've tried.
Yes, vim can do a lot more then just edit files, but at the end of the day...
I just want to edit, compile, fix, repeat.
(https://youtu.be/wBoRkg5-Ieg https://youtu.be/wBoRkg5-Ieg)